cave, undermine
(verb) hollow out as if making a cave or opening; “The river was caving the banks”
sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken
(verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations; “The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
undermine (third-person singular simple present undermines, present participle undermining, simple past and past participle undermined)
To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap. [from 14th c.]
(figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage. [from 15th c.]
To erode the base or foundation of something, e.g. by the action of water.
• undergird
Source: Wiktionary
Un`der*mine", v. t.
1. To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall. A vast rock undermined from one end to the other, and a highway running through it. Addison.
2. Fig.: To remove the foundation or support of by clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way; as, to undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the state. He should be warned who are like to undermine him. Locke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 January 2025
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
